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‘It’s a mess’: John Curley sounds alarm on birthright citizenship battle

May 16, 2025, 1:45 PM | Updated: 2:36 pm

The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing arguments over President Donald Trump’s executive order denying birthright citizenship to U.S.-born children of non-citizen parents, a move that could affect over 150,000 babies annually and has been blocked by lower courts.

On a recent segment of “The John Curley Show” on ³ÉÈËXÕ¾ Newsradio, Curley discussed the complicated nature of the citizenship debate.

“This is unbelievably complicated, because if these people did get citizenship, if this would overturn that, and what would you do with them?” Curley said. “Where would they go? It’s a mess.”

He mentioned the landmark United States v. Wong Kim Ark case of 1898, suggesting what America needs most right now is clarity regarding case law.

Curley: Trump should work with Congress amid birthright citizenship debate

“All of this could be solved very easily if Donald Trump stopped signing executive orders and instead looked to Congress and said, ‘Hey, you’re the elected officials. I’ll work with you to shape legislation,'” Curley said. “You can write the laws, we can talk about deporting criminals, and you can be involved in that process.”

Listen to the full conversation below: 

Listen to John Curley and Shari Elliker weekday afternoons from 3 – 7 p.m. on ³ÉÈËXÕ¾ Newsradio, 97.3 FM. Subscribe to the podcast here.

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